Endometrial Cancer

endometrial-cancer

What is Endometrial Cancer?

It is the most common kind of uterine cancer. The main symptom is abnormal vaginal bleeding. Other symptoms can include pain during sex or when urinating. Risk factors include being older, having high estrogen exposure, having type 2 diabetes, being overweight, and not being physically active.

  • Bleeding or discharge not related to your periods (menstruation) — over 90 percent of women diagnosed with endometrial cancer have abnormal vaginal bleeding.
  • Postmenopausal bleeding.
  • Difficult or painful urination.
  • Pain during intercourse.
  • Pain and/or mass in the pelvic area.

The main complication of endometrial cancer is abnormal bleeding from the vagina. Apart from that, vaginal bleeding after menopause. You can also feel pain during or after sex or pain in the lower abdomen. If you are suffering from pain or feel unwanted periods, it is better to consult with the best gynecologist.

  • Obesity.
  • Diet high in animal fat.
  • Family history of endometrial, ovarian and/or colon cancers (hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer)
  • Starting monthly periods before age 12.
  • Late menopause.
  • Infertility (inability to become pregnant)
  • Never having children.
  • Pregnancy and breast-feeding. Estrogen levels are lower during pregnancy and when breast-feeding.
  • Hormonal contraceptives.
  • Weight loss.
  • Physical activity.
  • Changes in the balance of hormones in the body.
  • More years of menstruation.
  • Never having been pregnant.
  • Older age.
  • Obesity.
  • Hormone therapy for breast cancer.
  • An inherited syndrome that increases the risk of cancer.

How is it diagnosed?

How is it diagnosed?
  • Changes in the balance of hormones in the body.
  • More years of menstruation.
  • Never having been pregnant.
  • Older age.
  • Obesity.
  • Hormone therapy for breast cancer.
  • An inherited syndrome that increases the risk of cancer.

How is it treated?

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Treatment for endometrial cancer usually involves an operation to remove the uterus, called a hysterectomy. Treatment also usually includes the removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries, called a salpingo-oophorectomy. A hysterectomy makes it impossible for you to become pregnant in the future

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